Tuesday, March 23, 2010

XP 64 cannot hibernate issue

I have a server machine with 8GB and installed with XP 64bit. I tried to put it into hibernate mode. But I cannot find the option in the control panel. Pressing Shit key when shutting down the machine does not work either.
After some google search, I found out that when the memory is too big (larger than 4GB) and PAE is enabled, the XP (Vista, Server 2003, 08) then does not support hibernation.

I tested this on another machine also with 8GB ram but installed XP 32 without PAE. That machine can hiberate.

ref:
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t525208-no-hibernate-tab-in-power-option-properties-in-xp-x64-in-pae-mode-its-not-allowed.html

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